Arrived with first CEM detachment in 1872 at age 12.
Nickname "Alligator". Went to Tongshan Mining School
1881-1886, London Royal School of Mines 1886-1890,
Engineer-in-Chief Jehol silver mines, Superintendent coal
and copper mines near...

Woo Yang Tsang as a young boy poses for a portrait wearing
Chinese dress and hat. He was in the first detachment to the
United States in 1872 at age 12. His nickname was
"Alligator." He was later called...

A cropped view of this photograph facing p. 1 (lower right)
identifies this person as Wong Kai Kah, Diplomat. Roster
item #17 places him with the first CEM detachment to arrive
in the U.S. in 1872, when...

Tsai Shou Kee poses for a portrait wearing traditional Chinese dress and hat. According to LaFargue, he was one of the first students that Yung Wing chose to be sent to the United States in 1872. He attended Hartford Primary School, then Hartford...

M.T. Liang (Liang Yu Ho)'s funeral on October 16, 1941. Mr.
Liang was sent to the United States as one of the Chinese
Educational Mission students in 1872 when he was 12. He
later became a railway official in China. M.T. Liang died at
age 81.

Chinese Educational Mission students during their stay in
the U.S. (facing p. 33 CFH). Both arrived with the first CEM
detachment in 1872. Liang Tun Yen arrived in the U.S. at age
15. Stayed with the Bartlett family, entered Yale in...

Liang Ten Yeng arrived in America at age 15 with the first CEM detachment in 1872 and soon after established himself as an excellent left-handed pitcher in baseball. He stayed with the Bartlett family, entering Yale in 1878. Upon his return to...

Roster item #17 places him with the first CEM detachment to arrive in the U.S. in 1872, when he was 13. Nickname "Breezy Jack", noted for his extemporaneous eloquence. Lived with the Bartletts in Hartford, Connecticut. See his letter to Mrs. Fannie...

Tong Shao Yi was sent to the United States as one of the
Chinese Educatonal Mission students in 1872 at age 12. He later became a cabinet officer and envoy. In this photo the four nephews of Tong Shao Yi stand in front of Emil S. Fischer.

This name and photograph does not seem to be in CFH, in
either the text or roster. Could this be Chung Ching Shing,
roster #27? If so, he arrived in the U.S. with the first CEM
detachment in 1872 at age 14, and later became...

Clockwise from upper left: Fang Tsang Wao at age 18; Kwong Wing Chung, naval officer killed at the battle of Pagoda Anchorage in 1884. He came to the United States with the second detachment in 1873 at age 13; Woo King Yung, naval officer; Tsai...